Review of Deadpool 2 (2018) by Alissa914G — 19 May 2018

Some of the jokes fell flat compared to the first movie. It seemed like we were getting a more toned down version of Deadpool. In the first movie, he was an assassin (or Special Forces) and his introduction was interesting. Here, his story for the first 1/3 of the movie was drawn out and boring. Then he has X-Force and SPOILERS:

They all die except for Domino. So all those intros in the commercials was pretty much all of what you see them do in the movie. Also, the CGI on Colossus was just bad. In the first one, he felt like he was really there. In this one, he felt like he was CGI. The ending scene in the credits was OK although it didn't really explain how he could jump into himself but yet when he jumps into the scene where Wolverine was there, he's a second person..... And enough with the Green Lantern jokes.....

The jokes that did make the cut weren't that funny though. Some were good but most of them were expected and seemed toned down compared to the first one. Also they toned down the violence compared to the first one. That whole intro scene in the 1st movie was epic. Now we have a CGI fest that seemed too short and ultimately disappointing. I figured with all of the promos behind this movie before the release that this movie would not be like the first one. And it seems to be true. I think some of the jokes required you to be really invested in MCU and the comics, of which I admit that I am not. I just liked Avengers 1, Iron Man 1 & 3 (and some of 2), and Captain America 1 & 2 (more towards 2). Since CA2, I haven't been as impressed with MCU movies and I think I'm over them now. Even with Star Wars and Disney, after Last Jedi, I feel like my excitement for that too has dwindled. It's like we need to step away from franchises and maybe just make well written movies again without factoring in sequels and merchandising.